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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. It’s a great way to learn more about the bloggers you follow and to find lots of new books. This week’s topic is “ Top Ten Favourite Books of 2017”

This was really hard! I’ve read some REALLY great books this year! I think I’ve given more 5*’s than I ever have before! So, in no particular order, these books were my favourites and I really do think you should read them immediately.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. It’s a great way to learn more about the bloggers you follow and to find lots of new books. This week’s topic is “ Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR.” I’ve taken this as books I want to read this winter, rather than books being released.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. They’re currently on a break until mid-August so I’m choosing some past topics I missed out on in the meantime. I saw Maria @ Big City Bookworm do “ Top Ten Shortest vs Longest Books I’ve Read” a few weeks ago and I was really interested to see what mine were. So here we go…

Wise Man’s Fear @ 994 pages vs Of Mice and Men @ 112 Pages

I’m not surprised that Wise Man’s Fear is the longest book I’ve read. Seeing it sitting on my shelf it stands out a mile. It definitely read a lot easier than some of the other books in this list and is one of my favourite books. I knew Of Mice and Men was short but because I studied this in school it felt a lot longer. I’ve read children’s books longer than that!

I’m really not surprised to see Game of Thrones as my second longest book because it read as being very long. Animal Farm is one of those books that you’re meant to read in high school but I never did – I really enjoyed it, it was really easy to read.

The book where the series starts getting serious but is fully with humour vs a serious book. Again another one I studied for IB so it felt longer than it actually was.

Breaking Dawn @ 756 pages vs One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich @ 182 pages

A long book that I can’t remember what happens vs a short book in which nothing happens. I didn’t particularly enjoy either of these books.

Crime and Punishment @ 671 pages vs Heart of Darkness @ 188 pages

Both of these I had to do for the IB. I loved Crime and Punishment, I feel it is definitely a book that you get more enjoyment out of if you study it (like Shakespeare). On the other hand, I HATED Heart of Darkness. I just couldn’t get on with the writing style.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. It’s a great way to learn more about the bloggers you follow and to find lots of new books. They’re currently on a break until mid-August so I’m choosing some past topics I missed out on in the meantime. This week I’ve chosen “ Top Ten Favourite TV Shows”

In now particular order, TV shows I’ve been obsessed with are….

Hannibal

Will Graham is recruited by Jack to help investigate serial killers with the FBI. With a lot of presure on him, Jack hires psychologist, and unknown cannibal, Dr Hannibal Lecture to supervise Will.

I binge watched this in about 2 weeks. I recently re-watched the first episode with my friend and it reminded me just how much I loved it. The food is insane.

Game of Thrones

Season 7 baby! and winter is finally here.

Game of Thrones, simply is, people fighting to be sitting on the Iron Throne to be ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. It’s a show in which no one is safe, there is sex, hotness, incest, death and sass. It’s amazing.

Dexter

Being orphaned at 3 when your mother is brutally murdered is going to have an affect on anyone. Turns out it affected Dexter in a way that only his adopted father, and policeman, Harry knows. Working with the police as a blood splatter analysis, Dexter is able to hunt down criminals who have escaped the police’s justice system and give them his own justice.

Is it weird to be supporting a serial killer? By the end of it I was totally rooting for him.

The Mentalist

After Red John murdered his family, ex “Psychic” Patrick Jane works as a consultant for the CBI to read people and catch killers.

They’re currently filming their 14th season and I’m proud to say I’ve seen very episode to date and I wish I could wipe my memory so I could re-watch it again not knowing anything.

It is set in a hospital and focuses on Meredith Grey and her fellow intern’s personal and professional lives. It’s a bit like a soap drama but I am so obsessed with it.

Broadchurch

A crime drama in which Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller investigate a murder of a young boy in a close-knit town in Dorset.

It stars a lot of Doctor Who actors including; David Tennant, the new doctor Jodie Whittaker and Arthur Darvill, as well as the amazing Olivia Colman. The whole show just keeps you on the edge of your seat and hooked the entire time.

Gossip Girl

Basically just rich teens and their drama but my goodness it’s gripping!

House M.D.

House, the sarcy Doctor you go to when no other Doctor can solve your illness. Honestly, it’s probably not lupus…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. They’re currently on a break until mid-August so I’m choosing some past topics I missed out on in the meantime. As it’s my last week before summer, this week I’ve chosen “ Top Ten Favorite Summer Activities That Aren’t Reading”

Travelling

BBQs

My family host a themed BBQ every year and this is one of the highlights of my summer – full of yummy food, cocktails and events. Last year we did a circus themed one where everyone did a circus act, the year before was a teddy bear’s picnic.

Drinking by the river

I love walking along the river and them sitting, watching the sunset and drinking cider. yum.

Ice cream

I particularly love gelato. Especially cherry gelato. yum!

Pimms

I sense a theme of food and drink… When ever I think of summer I think of sitting on the garden patio and drinking Pimms.

Sleeping In

I don’t get to do this normally so summer is a perfect time for me to catch up on sleep.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. They’re currently on a break until mid-August so I’m choosing some past topics I missed out on in the meantime. This week I’ve chosen “ Top Ten Books I’ve Read Due To The Blogging Community”.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week’s topic is “ Top Ten Series I’ve Been Meaning To Start But Haven’t”.

Most of these are well know so I’m just going to put the picture up and not any detail.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Books From X Genre That I’ve Recently Added To My TBR List” so I’ve gone for YA books.

Most of these are well know so I’m just going to put the picture up and not any detail.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Summer Reads Freebie” so I’ve gone for my summer TBR pile.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week’s topic is “Top Ten Things On Our Reading Wishlist.”

This was a team effort this week! We would like….

Intricate magical systems that makes sense – Think: Trudi Canavan.

Strong, but realistic, female characters. – Think: Tris in The Witcher Series or Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings series.

Less love triangles with predictable endings – Think: Less like Mortal Instruments or Twilight.

Books with multiple points of view – Think: Falling Kingdom’s series by Morgan Rhodes or You’re the One that I Want by Giovanna Fletcher.

Legitimately threatening villains. Ones that will actually do stuff rather than explain and do things slowly. Think: The Falconer in Lies of Loche Lamora by Scott Lynch.

Better second books. They usually end up slipping as they are building up to the final book. Think: Less like The Painted Man by Peter V Brett more like Michael J Sullivan.